Plagiarism

Plagiarism Policy

The Journal of Exercise Physiology and Human Performance (JOSPHE) is committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity and ethical publishing. The journal strictly prohibits plagiarism in all forms and expects authors to submit original work that has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All manuscripts submitted to JOSPHE are screened using plagiarism detection software before entering the peer-review process. The Editorial Team evaluates similarity reports to identify potential plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, redundant publication, citation manipulation, data fabrication, and other forms of academic misconduct.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all sources are appropriately cited and acknowledged. Any use of text, data, figures, tables, or ideas from other works must be properly referenced in accordance with accepted scholarly standards.

JOSPHE generally expects submitted manuscripts to demonstrate a high level of originality. Similarity reports are assessed comprehensively, taking into account both the overall similarity percentage and the nature of the matched content. Similarity resulting from properly cited quotations, references, standard methodological descriptions, or commonly used scientific terminology may not be considered plagiarism.

Manuscripts found to contain substantial plagiarism or other forms of publication misconduct may be rejected at any stage of the editorial process. If plagiarism or misconduct is identified after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions in accordance with its Publication Ethics policy.

JOSPHE follows internationally recognized standards of publication ethics to ensure the integrity, credibility, and quality of the scholarly record.

As a general guideline, JOSPHE recommends an overall similarity index of not more than 20%, with similarity from any single source preferably not exceeding 5%. However, editorial decisions are based on the context and nature of the matched content rather than similarity percentages alone.